Rated one of the top hotels in the Southwest, a stay inside a traditional adobe and stone exterior will dial up the romance and rejuvenation in the most sensual way. Inn of the Five Graces in Santa Fe, New Mexicoĭetails: In the heart of downtown Santa Fe, the Inn of the Five Graces stands on a quiet, earthy street-just a hint of the serene oasis that awaits inside. A mix of wildlife, wellness, and adventure, these new, mind-boggling experiences are bound to create memories that will truly last a lifetime (cheesy, but true!).īook Now 4. Sustainable cuisine is a standout here-menus change daily by what’s seasonal and available from local farmers, fishermen, and hunters. The all-inclusive resort offers rustic yet luxurious private cabin accommodations, locally sourced meals, customized itineraries, and assorted activities like helicopter adventures, deep-sea fishing, hiking, and yoga classes. Bet that everything from the outside world will feel like it falls away. Spot whales, bears, and glaciers (oh my!), hike through the untouched and expansive forests, and spend afternoons kayaking along serene, pristine waters. If you’re looking to get right up into nature, this is the bucket list trip to end all bucket list trips. See-and try-what is growing in the property’s chef garden, literally soak in nature with a forest meditation, or even try falconry.Ĭost: Package rates start at $2,200 per night, per personĭetails: What’s more wild than a romantic retreat to Alaska? Stillpoint Lodge is located in secluded seaside village Halibut Cove, near Kachemak Bay State Park. In addition to access to a number of infinity and swimming pools, each stay also includes complimentary activities like daily yoga, guided nature hikes, stargazing, and garden tours. You’ll enjoy in-room breakfast served each morning over ocean or mountain views. Rustic elegance meets luxurious comfort in each accommodation. This is all about focusing on quality time together! And don’t go cheating by bringing your laptop to watch Netflix, either. It’s a place to actually unplug with your partner-you won’t find a TV or alarm clock in any of the guest rooms. Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, Californiaĭetails: Self-described as a place where romance and connection thrive, the adult-only Post Ranch Inn offers a serene stay in Big Sur. The bathrooms are extra luxurious, with deep bathtubs, Kohler fixtures, and bath products from the spa.Īfter a round on the Whistling Straits or Blackwolf Run golf courses, cozy up at Horse & Plow, a historic tavern with the kind of dim atmosphere that makes you lean closer to your love.īook Now 2. It has that sexy, ivy league campus feel with the greenest courtyards to stroll hand-in-hand together. The American Club is one of the top hotels in the Midwest, and for good reason. Try the Time for Two package, which includes two nights at The American Club, Inn on Woodlake, or Kohler Cabin Collection (your choice!), a dining credit, and 50-minute spa service. 11 Best Honeymoon Sex Tips For Every Couple.Time for Two in Kohler, Wisconsinĭetails: From award-winning golf courses to spa treatments that feel out-of-body good, Kohler, Wisconsin offers an irresistible weekend away for you and your beau. These 15 best couple retreats will renew and light a flame under your relationship this year. Right this way for an assortment of romantic vacays to match the vibe of any kind of love birds, from the adventurous to the relaxed. A wellness couples retreat with lots of rejuvenating yoga could be exactly what the (love) doctor ordered. Or maybe you want to reconnect with your own body-and each other's. Craving time by the ocean? A tropical trip is just the ticket. Looking to get back to nature? A glamping experience in Vermont could be in the cards. Sold.īefore you schedule those days off, chat with your beau about what you both need (and want!) out of a couples getaway. "Sharing new experiences and adventures, or revisiting romantic places shared from the exciting days of the relationship, can go a long way towards reminding the couple what attracted each to the other." Not to mention, luxury hotel sheets can do wonders for your sex life. "There is nothing like a vacation, away from work, family, and the stress of everyday life, to bring couples closer," Franklin Porter, Ph.D., a psychotherapist in New York told Women’s Health in a previous interview. So why not venture outside of your lovely abode? After all, no matter how close you are with your S.O., stress can dull your spark-and sometimes date night just won’t cut it. ![]() From spicing up living room dates to exploring every corner of your community, it’s due time for a change in scenery-especially if your love life is feeling a bit same old, same old. Chances are, you and your partner have spent a lot of time at home this past year.
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![]() The fetus is also surrounded by an amniotic sac, the key characteristic of amniotes on Earth. Within it, there is the yolk sack (whats always found in an egg) that feeds the fetus via an umbillical cord, and an allantois that stores waste. Squidmen have leathery, porus, reptile-like eggs. The male then deposits sperm in the female, and matings's done. The female cloaca is able to invert the male one. ![]() Instead, they have exendable cloaca that is able to reach the female one (but the two have to stick together). The males then create a series of mating calls, and if a female answers the calls, she is ready to mate. Squidman males can show that they are looking for love by flushing blood around the eyes to create an attractive color. Squidmen make bird-like noises.Ī male squidman looking for a mate, note that his hunting tentacles being waved and most importantly the blood pattern around his eyes. The trachea that leads to the throat has a larnyx for producing sounds. The first one is in the siphon which leads to a large heart-shaped lung and the second one leads to the throat. The waste then exits through the cloaca (a multipurpose orifice for urination, defecation, and reproduction). Like in humans, there is symbiotic life in the large intestines of the squidman to help out the tract. The large intestines absorb water from the food eaten. The longest tract in the digestive system. Their purpose is to collect nutrients from the liquid inside the bile. ![]() The small intestines' walls are covered in villi, which in turn are covered in microvilli. Mucus lining the stomach help prevent the stomach from digesting itself. Special muscles in the throat and esophagus help bring the food upward into the stomach, while a flap in the throat closes the trachea in order to prevent choking.ĭigestive juices help break down the food into a liquid. Within the beak there are heterodont teeth used to slice the food into more ingestible bits. Like Earth squids, the squidman has a beak at the center of the ring of the tentacles. The lower jaw of a squidman, note the heterodont teeth. The squidman literally has two nerve cords trailing from the brain stem, one in the mantle, and the other in the bottom. The squidman has a big four-lobed brain encased in a protective bony case inside the head. ![]() The third, central, compound eyes use is to provide extra vision. The hands are sensitive to touch, the siphon can smell, the three eyes can see, special bones within the rim of the mantle can hear, and the beak within the toungue can taste. The squidman, like humans on earth, has 5 senses. The only bones that are in the Squidmans body are hand bones inside the hand at the end of its grapsing tentacles, single feet bones inside the locomotive tentacles, a bony sheild to house its brain, a spinal column inside its mantle, the claws of the grasper, specialized bones for hearing, hooks for the hunting tentacles, and the beak. The grasper on top of the squidmans mantle is designed to grab things if the real hands become full and to kill prey. And the hunting tentacles are tipped with sharp bony claws to kill prey. The the hands at the tip of the grabbing tentacles have bones inside to imrpove graping. The walking ones have rings of thick muscles to mimick bones, and still allow flexiblity, and a single bone in each foot to provide support. The squidman has six walking tentacles, two grabbing tentacles, and two hunting tentacles. The squidman has similar anatomical structures to Earth squids, but also has some diferences, as explained above. 1 Compare and Contrast with Earth squidsĬompare and Contrast with Earth squids Compare. ![]() ![]() ![]() Similarly, whenever you want to attack an enemy, just place an order to attack one of their barracks, and your soldiers will march to fight. There is no need to tell every single one of your subjects what to do - that would be impossible, because there can be thousands of them! Instead, all you've got to do is order them to build a building somewhere, and the builders will come. It is your job to lay out the roads as efficiently as possible.Īnother refreshing aspect of the game is the way you command your tribe. This is done by carriers, and those carriers always walk along the roads. For example, a system of roads plays the central role of your economy: all the goods that are harvested and processed by the tribe must be transported from one building to the next. However, if you want to rule the world, you will have to train soldiers and fight. Some of them may be friendly and trade with you. But you are not alone in the world, and you will meet other tribes sooner or later. Every member of your tribe will do his or her part to produce more resources - wood, food, iron, gold and more - to further this growth. In the course of the game, you will build an ever growing settlement. You start out with nothing but your headquarters, a kind of castle in which all your resources are stored. "In Widelands, you are the regent of a small tribe. Here's the description of the developers: It is easy to learn (because of two tutorial campaigns), there a many maps and scenarios, lots of different units and buildings, a single player and a multiplayer mode, a very nice soundtrack and last but not least the game is available in many languages. "Widelands" is a great "Settlers 2" clone. ![]() P3’s left-hand uses the Polymer Glove named Char-les that is also an A.I. Each fight can be played out in a variety of ways and there are very few limitations as to what you can do in a skirmish. Atomic Heart takes the double-handed combat to a pulsifying leap forward by introducing tough, fast, and elemental enemies. Each has its own style and originality that make them distinct from one another. Right off the bat, there are clear inspirations to BioShock in this title, but to simply compare the two would be a disservice to both games. This is where Atomic Heart shines, sings, and dominates. The narrative in Atomic Heart is vast and full of lore, one can spend double the play time by simply exploring all the game has to offer in just its story element. The story is told through cutscenes, audio logs, and the detailed environment. Atomic Heart slowly unravels its mysterious plot throughout its 20+ hour campaign and you soon realize that, at the surface, this utopia is not exactly what it seems. The game does a great job displaying the beauty and horrific side of this supposed utopia. P3 is sent on a mission to stop this madness in its tracks and uncover the truth behind the sudden sabotage as well as his mysterious past. All of the robots turned against the citizens and went on a mass murdering spree. You play as P3, a highly trained soviet special forces soldier, who witnesses the fall of the USSR A.I. Robots are everywhere and cater to the Russian people for their every need. Along with the heavenly land, the citizens are also accustomed to A.I. The USSR has built a flying utopia in the skies that truly showcases how advanced the country is compared to the rest of the world. ![]() The game is set in an alternate reality in 1955 where the USSR became victorious after World War II and was able to advance its science and technology exponentially. ![]() Does the service have supporting apps for iOS, Android, etc.? This can improve the experience of using the service significantly, especially on mobile devices.Unless you have a generous budget for collaborative software, you may sign up for a great-looking service only to discover later that there are serious limits on the number of team members, number of projects, or other harmless looking limitations that eventually come back to bite. Look carefully at the limitations on the free account for the services you consider.Does the service integrate tightly with some other existing service? If your team members are not managing their calendar and their documents in Google, or their friends through Facebook for example, they may dislike it if your choice of service requires them to change their existing workflow for things like calendars and documents, or have a profile on Facebook.Is the interface clean and does your interaction with it require a reloading of the page each time you click something? Surprisingly, some services I looked at still don’t use “ajax” dynamic coding so that when you mark a task complete or perform some other operation within the web interface for the service you have to wait while it reloads the entire page rather than performing that operation seamlessly.Instead of a full review then, let me just suggest some of the things you might want to look for when you set out on your own search for a collaborative task managing software or service: To be honest though, for any feature I might describe in Producteev, many if not most of its competitors that offer something similar. a host of small features that fit my needs.The huge range of options are bewildering but for now we have settled on using Producteev.Īmong the things I like about Producteev are these: Late last year I went on a search for a free and easy-to-use service that can help organize tasks for small groups of colleagues in my history department ranging from organizing conferences and workshops to writing up applications and other paperwork. Isn’t there a better way to manage communication, and especially connect communication to a series of tasks that are assigned to one or more individuals on a team? Many of us have had the experience of working together with small groups and finding ourselves drowning in an ocean of emails going back and forth. Software and services that once had little overlap are now offering similar feature sets for managing the tasks within projects. However, task management software and services for individuals are increasingly clashing with an equally competitive world of software and services for group collaboration. New options are appearing all the time, but I’ve long been a fan of Omnifocus and have good friends who swear by Things, both of which grow out of the Mac/iOS ecosystem. We’ve reviewed some of them here, including Todoist, Gqueues, Wunderlist, Basecamp, and Got Milk?. The world of software and online services is a densely populated field of companies who want you to share your to-do list with them. ![]() Google reserves all rights not expressly granted to you.ģ.4 You may not use the SDK for any purpose not expressly permitted by the License Agreement. "Intellectual Property Rights" means any and all rights under patent law, copyright law, trade secret law, trademark law, and any and all other proprietary rights. 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This is the Android Software Development Kit License Agreementġ.1 The Android Software Development Kit (referred to in the License Agreement as the "SDK" and specifically including the Android system files, packaged APIs, and Google APIs add-ons) is licensed to you subject to the terms of the License Agreement. ![]() ![]() To accomplish this, Nomad Internet uses 4G and 5G networks to bring internet connectivity to its customers. It aims to help bridge the digital divide by connecting rural community members and people on the go - everyone from farmers and remote workers who regularly travel for business to those in the recreational vehicle lifestyle. In the meantime, let's talk more about the ISP. We reached out to Nomad Internet for further clarity on the claim but have yet to hear back for comment. T-Mobile Home Internet, another national WISP that made a lot of noise in 2022, has more total customers (over 2 million) and touts that 35% of its total availability is in rural areas (though granted, that doesn't mean that 35% of its customers are in rural locations). How it came upon that proclamation is unclear. ![]() Nomad Internet, which launched as an internet service provider in 2017, welcomed 2023 by announcing new plans, a spiffy new mobile app and a press release touting it as the largest national rural wireless internet service provider in the US. Competitive rates for rural internet, but pricier than cable or fiber.Saling of sewn pouches is forbidden alike. Transmission, exchange, copying, printing, sale or publication (even partial) are expressly prohibited. *** This pattern is for private use only, commercial sale is prohibited.Īll rights to these instructions are the property of Marie Bourrely - Felt&Fabrics. *** Please note that there are no refunds on instant download patterns after download. **** If you have any questions about this PDF Tutorial feel free to email me: happyfriends.feltandfabrics **** If you have trouble with downloading the tutorial after your purchase, you can find helpful information on this ETSY Help article You will need to print it at home and open it with a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat 5.0 You can also find me on Instagram You only buy the PDF pattern. *Thank you for your purchase! I hope you have a great time sewing!įeel free to share your creation with the hashtag #chingunomadembroidery 1 rectangle of felt 14 x 7 cm in assorted colors If you choose a thin fabric, you can use fusible interfacing before sewing. 40 x 25 cm of patterned cotton fabric for the zippered pouch (fabric c). 80 x 50 cm of light cotton fabric such as cotton or broadcloth (for the linings and the storage for the floss bobbins)(fabric b) 50 x 60 cm of mid-weight fabric, type cotton, thick linen, half-linen (plain fabric for the outside and the bottom) (fabric a) *- The sewing kit (matching thread, sewing machine, iron, scissors, ruler, tweezers or pins.) * The full size pattern to print in A4 or A0 format. * Step by step explanations with photos and detailed steps. * A pdf of several pages to print in A4 format. This large clutch is not a difficult project to sew, but there are a lot of pieces so a little patience and attention to details are required. The small felt booklet is there to store your favorite needles. The large zippered pouch hidden in the flap can hold your small tools: scissors, skeins of thread. ![]() This clutch can hold 15 floss bobbins, your hoop up to 17-18 cm in diameter, and your paper pattern. (attention this is only a pdf, not a kit)Įssential to gather all your material and your current embroidery work. ENGLISH VERSION / Sewing pattern of the CHINGU NOMAD EMBROIDERY CLUTCH ![]() The artists will share stories and reflect on their careers.īoth events are free and will be available to stream on the Rock Hall’s YouTube and Facebook channels at 7p.m. ![]() Then, on Thursday, May 27th Rock Hall Director of Artist Relations and Curatorial Operations, Shelby Morrison, interviews singer-songwriter, actress, author, and mental health expert, Jewel and Academy-Award winner, trailblazer, and Cree singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie. In 2018, Hillman and his Byrds bandmate Roger McGuinn teamed up with Stuart on a tour of shows to commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Byrds’ groundbreaking album Sweetheart of the Rodeo.Ī limited number of signed copies of Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother, and Beyond will be available to purchase online and in the Rock Hall store. Featuring behind-the-scenes insights on his time in The Byrds, his productive but sometimes complicated relationship with Gram Parsons, his role in launching the careers of Buffalo Springfield and Emmylou Harris, and the ups and downs of life in various bands, music is only part of his story.įollowing the book discussion, country music legend Marty Stuart will join the event as a special guest. Tambourine Man,” “Turn! Turn! Turn!,” “Eight Miles High,” and “So You Want To Be A Rock and Roll Star” to becoming the first musician to move to Laurel Canyon. ![]() In Time Between, Hillman shares his quintessentially Southern Californian experience, from an idyllic, rural 1950s childhood to achieving worldwide fame thanks to hits such as “Mr. On Wednesday, May 26th Inductee Chris Hillman of The Byrds joins Rock Hall Senior Director of Museum & Archival Collections, Andy Leach, to discuss his new book Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother, and Beyond. The Rock Hall is hosting two incredible events this week! The artists share stories and discuss their iconic careers as part of the ongoing virtual Hall of Fame series ![]() To evaluate the literature on hot towels in MGD treatment and recommend a best-practice protocol for future research and patient treatment. However, the efficacy of this treatment is reliant on the methodology, and evidence-based best-practice recommendations are needed. The most accessible method for eyelid warming uses heated, wet towels. Heating the eyelids to soften and express meibum from the glands can be beneficial. Thickened meibum obstructs the glands and disrupts ocular surface health. Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) reduces quality-of-life and hinders work productivity of millions of patients, with high direct and indirect societal costs. The temperature rise from this treatment protocol should be large enough to melt the meibomian gland secretions without distorting the corneal shape. ![]() There was no significant change on other corneal parameters from treatments.īecause it is difficult to standardize the pressing force, it is recommended to place the hard-boiled egg close to, but not touching, the eyelid during warm compress therapy. Both treatments 1 and 3 affected the SAI and SRI. There was no skin temperature change in treatment 3. The skin temperature rise was around 2.5 degrees C in treatment 2. Treatment 1 gave a 3.5 degrees C skin temperature rise within 3 minutes. Corneal parameters, including SimK, best-fit sphere (BFS), surface asymmetry index (SAI), and surface regularity index (SRI), were measured by a corneal topographer before and after the treatment. Eyelid temperature was measured using an infrared thermometer before and every 1 minute during the treatment. Each treatment protocol lasted for 5 minutes. Twenty-five young adult Chinese were recruited, and 1 eye was randomly selected to undergo the following treatment protocols in a random order: hot hard-boiled egg covered with wet cloth gently touching the eyelid hot hard-boiled egg covered with wet cloth placed close to, but not touching, the eyelid and cold egg covered with wet cloth gently touching the eyelid. This study investigated the effect of warm compress therapy on the corneal shape by using hard-boiled eggs as the heat source. Highlights of prescribing information: Strocmectol (ivermectin).Hard-boiled eggs can be used for warm compresses, but the pressing force may distort the corneal shape. ![]() Treatment of blepharitis: recent clinical trials. In vitro anti-demodectic effects and terpinen-4-ol content of commercial eyelid cleansers. doi:10.2147/OPTH.S132851Ĭheung IMY, Xue AL, Kim A, Ammundsen K, Wang MTM, Craig JP. Reduction in bacterial load using hypochlorous acid hygiene solution on ocular skin. Can warm teabag compresses help reduce infections in the eye? doi:10.3346/jkms.2012.Īmerican Academy of Ophthalmology. Ocular surface discomfort and Demodex: effect of tea tree oil eyelid scrub in Demodex blepharitis. Koo H, Kim TH, Kim KW, Wee SW, Chun YS, Kim JC. Demodex blepharitis: Clinical perspectives. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.01719Īmescua G, Akpek EK, Farid M, et al American Academy of Ophthalmology Preferred Practice Pattern Cornea and External Disease Panel. Quantitative analysis of the bacteria in blepharitis with Demodex infestation. ![]() Where Angels Prey is well written and easy to relate to, easy to gobble even for people who find their Grisham slow and uninteresting.įinal Word : Where Angels Prey is a highly Recommended Light read for all kind of fiction lovers. The book tells the story of Bob who is a reporter with an International Daily and how he unravels the level of deceit, corruption, manipulative strategies, fraud in which Wall Street Firms and Financial Organisations involve themselves under the pretext of “Making The World A Better Place”.Ī classic case of taking up a moral cause of helping the poor, just to churn them for their pennies. It reminded me of “Khushinagar” which deals with a similar issue but in a different scheme of things. I am sure calling it just a work of fiction would be to demean the subject that it deals with at its crux.Īt times the book seems like a work of active journalism, more like a Joe Sacco’s piece with a touch of fiction to it. The book plunges the reader into the perspective, unsentimental and exquisitely rendered account of a tragic reality that we all claim to know but we rarely see with fresh eyes.Ī Reality of farmers/poor women committing suicide over a petty loan, a reality too horrific to believe, a reality of taking away a poor person’s life just so one can retain his own wealth. The book is a work of semi-fiction with some really powerful insight on how micro-financing works, what are their offering and at what “Cost”. The book talks about one of the most untouched topics of our financial systems, where the poor farmers/women in India are harassed and exploited beyond measures so that a few powerful can enjoy their own luxurious. I am sure the author with his title Where Angels Prey had the same in mind. One might wonder why the reference of the bank, because to depict what difference a noble idea and power in the wrong hands can make to a whole sector. The only possible positive case being “Grameen Bank”, a bank which under the leadership of Mr Muhammad Yunus aimed and achieved its target of helping out the people of one of the poorest county of the world. It is a sector which is highly un-regulated and thrives mostly on the credit taking capability of the poor. Micro-Finance being one such field, where the lender can turn from a saviour to a devil. The major focus should be on the consumer protection here, but as we all know, post-2008 Financial Meltdown it’s more inclined towards who gets the fattest cheque at the end of the month.īe it at the cost of a poor man’s dream. One leg is safety and soundness, another is profitability and innovation, and the third is consumer protection.” Kirkus Reviews Events from earlier Prey novels weave intriguingly through this one, inviting the reader to plunge into the entire series. “The financial sector is similar to a three-legged stool, where, if the law is the seat, regulations are the legs. Booklist - Wes Lukowsky His ninth prey novel may well be the best, and thats high praise in the context of such a consistently entertaining body of work. |